Antifreeze

[phil6180]

As winter approaches and the nights get colder....has everyone checked their antifreeze level yet?

 

[RicH-]

yep flushed mine and added some new a few weeks ago !

 

[phil6180]

s**t...i am off to do mine now!

 

[Fred@BTM]

how much are you supposed to put in???

i just poured in 1L and added water til it got to max level LOL!!!

 

[scotty16v]

for winter its four parts antifreeze to one part water, I think its about 5 litres total capacity.

 

[RobFenn]

I hadnt much water left..so filled it up with antifreeze!

 

[mike]

Done mine this weekend, right fecker to get the Jubilee clip back on the bottom hose though !! I used 1Ltr of Magnatec stuff thats on offer in Halfords, I think the 16v takes 7Ltrs and the dilution is 12% !?!?!!

 

[BRUN]

Quote: Originally posted by scotty16v on 12 November 2003


for winter its four parts antifreeze to one part water, I think its about 5 litres total capacity.

eh !

dont u mean 1 part anti freeze to 4 parts of water.......should be about 3 actually but totally depends on how concentrated the brand that u use is